PSAC

Queen’s, while commonly known for its excellence in undergraduate degrees, is also home to some of the most cutting edge research in Canada

9 years 2 months ago

According to the research

You can’t have teaching without research and vice versa, according to John Smol.Continue...

Post-doctoral fellows recently held a vote which gave them a mandate to strike.

9 years 5 months ago

PSAC won’t crack despite pressure from Queen’s

Earlier this month, after eighteen months of bargaining, Queen’s post-docs delivered a 92 per cent strike authorization vote.Continue...

10 years 1 week ago

Deadlines without consideration

Yesterday, the Graduate Studies Executive Council (GSEC) lowered graduate time-to-completion limits for PhD and Master’s Candidates to four years and two years respectively.Continue...

1 year 1 month ago

PSAC 901 to hold strike mandate vote Feb. 14

PSAC 901 has announced they’re back at the bargaining table with Queen’s.Continue...

1 year 6 months ago

Queen’s must address the lack of mental health supports for graduate student workers

Graduate TAs and RAs at Queen’s perform work necessary for successful course delivery and research output in the university. We work as the fulcrum upon which course delivery is carried out, liaising between students and instructors, ensuring that the needs and expectations of either are communicated well to the other.Continue...

4 years 2 weeks ago

Research assistants bargain against two-year wage freeze, lack of intellectual property

Queen’s research assistants have spent five years fighting for fair wages—but they might not see any improvements for another two years.Continue...

5 years 6 days ago

Professional Student Teaching Assistants to Join PSAC local 901

On Mar. 9, Queen’s voluntarily recognized professional student teaching assistants (TAs) in the Juris Doctor and Doctor of Medicine programs are falling under the umbrella of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) bargaining unit.Continue...

5 years 1 month ago

Graduate and professional students ratify collective agreement

Ever since a previous collective agreement between Queen’s and Public Service Alliance Canada Local 901 (PSAC) expired in April, the two parties have spent the past few months negotiating a new deal. On Dec. 20, PSAC 901 reached a tentative agreement with the University.Continue...

5 years 1 month ago

SGPS stripped of $120,000 in new tentative agreement

After a previous collective agreement between the University and Public Service Alliance Canada Local 901 (PSAC) expired in April of 2017, the two sides reached a new tentative agreement on Dec. 20 of that same year. PSAC Local 901, a union that represents professional graduate students, has been at the bargaining table with Queen’s for months.Continue...

5 years 3 months ago

Teaching Assistants Union launches condom campaign

To get the attention of students in their most recent campaign, Public Service Alliance of Canada Local 901 have handed out condoms throughout campus that read “Teaching Assistants and Fellows need union protection.”Continue...